October 9, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Donald Trump tried to kill Obamacare. If elected to a second term, he would try to kill it again. Read story
October 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The latest filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith makes clear that Donald Trump and his aides had nothing but contempt for democracy in his efforts in 2020 to subvert the results of a democratic election. Read story
October 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Vice presidential debates often produce memorable moments, but they rarely change the shape of presidential races. That was almost certainly the case with Tuesday night’s clash between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Read story
October 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” mantra portrays fossil fuels as the magic road to lower energy prices. He’s exactly wrong. Solar, wind and other renewable sources are. Read story
October 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
During Sunday’s Seahawks game on KIRO (Channel 7, Seattle), a 30-second ad was scheduled to run bashing the Republican candidate for governor, Dave Reichert. Read story
October 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
First announced in 2020, the case against Long Leaf Trading Group could hardly be simpler: A boiler-room operation based in Chicago cold-called unsuspecting marks to push a commodity-trading scheme. Practically all the customers lost money while the traders collected $1.2 million in commissions. Read story
October 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In judging Donald Trump’s policy pronouncements, voters are advised to take the former president “seriously but not literally.” There’s rarely much choice, given that so many of his promises, taken literally, are unintelligible. Yet the former president has made commitments on economic policy that are not only intelligible but might… Read story
October 5, 2024, 6:01am Columns
On Sept. 16, the Vancouver City Council voted on five initiatives to appear on the November ballot. First, it supported the city’s Proposition 4 to fund police and other public safety expenditures, but then it voted to oppose four statewide citizen initiatives. Read story
October 5, 2024, 6:01am Columns
If his lips are moving, he’s lying. Read story
October 5, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The presidential campaign produced plenty of noise last week, but the race still appears mired in a virtual Electoral College tie. Read story
